Garment-supporting bracket



May 12, 1925. 1,537,463

H. HOLDEN GARMENT SUPPORTING BRACKET Filed June 14, 1924 Patented May12, 192E.

PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM HOLDEN, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

GARMENT-SUPPORTING BRACKET.

Application filed June 14, 1924. Serial N'o. 720,055.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM HOLDEN, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Manchester, in the county of Hillsborough and State of NewHampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Supporting Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in brackets or supports forarticles of apparel, and the invention aims to provide a constructionwhich may be economically manufactured and readily attached to anysuitable support, and on which articles may be conveniently hung eitherwith or without the use of garment hangers, or in both ways if desired,and the invention includes the novel construction hereinafter describedand defined in the appended claim.

In order that my invention may be better understood, I have appendedhereto drawings illustrative thereof, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my improved bracket.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a modification.

Referring by reference characters to this drawing, it will be seen thatmy improved bracket comprises a. single piece of wire, indicated at 1which is bent to form a series of upstanding loops 1, any number ofwhich may be provided according to the length of the bracket desired,and the number of articles to be supported therefrom. These loops,asshown, are bent so as to have their upper ends deflected alternately inopposite directions. Preferably the bracket is provided with an upperhorizontal member'l which is formed from the same piece of wire bybending the same backwardly, so as to overlie the lower member 1 in thesame vertical plane. f

Means are provided for the attachment of the bracket to a suitablesupport, such for instance as a wall, and such means, in the form shownin Fig. 1, consists in providing a vertical portion of the wire 1 whichjoins the base portion by one or more bends forming an eye or eyes 1 forthe section of attaching screw, the upper end of the member 1 beinglikewise bent to form an eye 1 through which the extremity of theportion 1 is passed, said extremity being threaded as indicated at 1 andpointed to enable it to be readily screwed into the support. 7

In the form shown in Fig. 2 I substitute for said attaching means aplate member 2 to which the ends of the wire members are suitablysecured through the openings 2 for the attaching screws.

My improved bracket is especially useful in places of restricted space,as itenables a considerable number of articles of dilferent kinds to behung therefrom. For example, coats and like articles carried by thecustomary coat hangers may be readily suspended from the bracket byengaging the hooks with the U-shaped bends, which will v keep thehangers properly spaced, while at the same time the oppositely bentupstandlng portions will be separated sufiiciently far apart and projectlaterally to each side to such an extent as to readily enable coats andhats to be hung thereon without re-' quiring' the use of hangers,.wherethis is desired, and enabling also hats to be hung on the said inclinedportions even if the bracket is completely filled with garmentssupported by hanger Preferably I leave a straight portion of wirebetween the supporting means and the first bend, as indicated at 1 uponwhich hangers not supplied with garments may be hung until it is desiredto use the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is prising upper andlower wire members lying in the same vertical plane, said lowermemberbeing bent to form a plurality of I upstanding loops, said loops havingtheir upper ends alternately deflected in opposite directions out ofsaid plane, and means for connecting said members to a suitable sup-.

port. i

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

HIRAM HOLDEN.

